Key result
West Nile virus infection is linked to severe cardiomyopathy as a newly reported complication.
This report provides early evidence that West Nile virus infection can lead to severe cardiomyopathy in humans.
Severe WNV cardiomyopathy remains unreported in humans; leaves open whether cardiac sequelae are underrecognized.
West Nile virus (WNV) myocarditis has been documented pathologically in birds and mammals, but has rarely been reported in human clinical syndromes. Severe cardiomyopathy as a consequence of WNV has not yet been reported.
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Rami N. Khouzam (2009) studied this question. West Nile virus infection can cause severe cardiomyopathy in humans, representing a previously unreported and significant clinical complication.
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